6 issues awaiting Mitch Daniels at Purdue

New president to arrive on campus Monday afternoon

5:23 PM,
Jan. 13, 2013

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels takes questions from the news media following his unanimous selection by the Purdue University Board of Trustees to be the university's 12th president on June 21, 2012 in Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse at Purdue in West Lafayette. Daniels begins his tenure as Purdue president on Tuesday.

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But Daniels, eager to get to work, will arrive on campus Monday afternoon right after Mike Pence is sworn in as Indiana's governor.

Daniels' eagerness is a sign of how packed his initial six months will be as he oversees legislative hearings on the university's 2013-15 budget, fixing new tuition levels and getting even more acquainted with the nearly 76,000 students and 19,400 employees across the statewide system. ...